No Child Support, No Driver’s License: Fair or F’ed Up?
Here in the Garden State, New Jersey, where I live with my son – and have an open and active child-support case with his absent father who lives in Indiana — a class action lawsuit seeks to end the...
View ArticleMy Ex Won’t Let Me See or Even TALK to My Kid!
ASK LINDA, PSYCHOTHERAPIST & CHOICE MOM: My ex-partner and I share joint custody of our 12-year-old son, but now she’s stopping me from having any contact with him. Every time we agree on a visit,...
View ArticleAre you on the parenting rollercoaster?
I am sure most parents will understand what I mean when I say that I have found that once a day my kids do something that makes me happy, and once a day they do something that makes me angry. And once...
View ArticlePassing for Female: Caitlyn Jenner, Serena Williams & Me
How do you do “being a woman”? In a fabulous follow-up to their epic “Bic for Her” pen-marketing fail, Bic took at shot at it this week for South Africa’s National Women’s Day: “Look like a girl. Act...
View ArticleQuit Saying “I’m Sorry For Your Loss”
I hate hearing the phrase “I’m sorry for your loss.” It annoys the living [insert obscenity of choice] out of me. Why? I’m totally sick of hearing it For starters, I have heard some variation of the...
View ArticleWhy I Really, Really Need My Non-Mom Friends
When my son started kindergarten this year, I set a goal to make more mom friends. Since he’ll be at his school for six years, I want to really grow with him and put down some roots in the school...
View ArticleYeah, I’m a Single Dad. No, I Don’t Want You to Set Me Up.
“Hey, are you dating anyone right now?” I was at my four-year-old daughter’s baseball game watching my daughter play with another little girl. The other parents and I spend three to five evenings a...
View ArticleI’m a Single Dad and My Daughter’s About to Get Her Period. Help!
ASK LINDA, PSYCHOTHERAPIST & CHOICE MOM: My daughter is 10 years old and many of her friends are getting their periods. I’m terrified of speaking with her about it. I have no idea what to say. No...
View ArticleI’m a happy single dad. Why bother getting married again?
I often am asked whether or not I would consider getting married again. For a long time, my response was something like, “I’d love to. But to be honest, I think I’m going to do a George Clooney it...
View ArticleWhy Decent People Elected Trump
“It’s about basic human decency,” Michelle Obama said in a passionate speech in New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago, regarding the imperative not to elect a confessed and unrepentant sexual predator to...
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